We are excited to announce the winner of the 2025-26 Young Artist Competition (Junior Division), violinist Naomi Jones. She will perform Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate with the Orchestra on March 13.
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2025-26 Young Artist Competition (Open Division), violinist Rachael Kim. She will perform the Violin Concerto by Julius Conus with the Orchestra on May 8.
We wish to recognize the talents of outstanding competitors in the Young Artist Competition. Honorable Mention in the Open Division: Dallas Chu. Honorable Mentions in the Junior Division: Allen Wang, Liam Thomas and Vitali Sei Taira
Pasadena Community Orchestra presents an exciting afternoon of chamber music in the beautiful Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. The concert begins at 3pm on Saturday, October 4, with a reception to follow. Tickets are $50 and all proceeds will go to support our Young Artist Competition winners for the season.
We are excited to invite the pubic to attend the competition auditions on February 7 – details on the Events Page. Each year we offer these opportunities for talented young musicians to demonstrate their skill and artistry through the audition process, and, for each winner, a cash prize and a performance as soloist with the Pasadena Community Orchestra.
Announcing our 2025-26 Concert Season! Fridays at 8:00pm, pre-concert discussion at 7:15pm.
• November 7, 2025
• January 23, 2026
• February 7, 2026 (Young Artist Competition at Pasadena Conservatory of Music)
• March 13, 2026
• May 8, 2026
• June 6, 2026 (Concert in the Park, 630pm)
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition (Junior Division), violinist Minji Choi. She will perform the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Orchestra on March 14.
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition (Open Division), pianist Romain Jansen. He joins the Pasadena Community Orchestra at our May 9 Concert performing the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition. Congratulations to violinist Minji Choi (Junior Division) and pianist Romain Jansen (Open Division)!
** The Competition is is closed to new applications ** We are excited to invite the pubic to attend the competition auditions on January 25 – details on the Events Page. We are excited to offer these opportunities for talented young musicians to demonstrate their skill and artistry through the audition process, and for each winner, a cash prize and a performance as soloist with the Pasadena Community Orchestra.
Our 42nd season continues on January 24 with music by Mozart, Khachaturian, and Ravel.
Our 42nd season opens on November 8 with music by Rossini, Bizet, Dukas, Gershwin, and Rimsky-Korsakov.